<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317796889065005148</id><updated>2011-04-21T19:53:40.105-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The FORCE®</title><subtitle type='html'>The F.O.R.C.E.® (Following Our Risen Christ Everyday) is Junior High, 7th and 8th Grade, Ministry at Saint Lawrence the Martyr, located in Santa Clara, California.
Following Our Risen Christ Everyday isn't easy, especially for a young teen just trying to figure out who they are, what gifts they have and how they may want to express them.  The F.O.R.C.E. is here to build a community and give 7th &amp; 8th grade teens the tool box to help guide them to always be true to the F.O.R.C.E.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Bruno Martinez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13000650375941545966</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317796889065005148.post-5291614829898326785</id><published>2008-06-08T20:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-08T20:41:54.082-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The F.O.R.C.E. on a trip to see Kung Fu Panda</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Jy0M6xGrjjE/SEymRF-H3eI/AAAAAAAAAEs/u44poLVqJ70/s1600-h/1c96c5e6119566202131548.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209721681551547874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Jy0M6xGrjjE/SEymRF-H3eI/AAAAAAAAAEs/u44poLVqJ70/s320/1c96c5e6119566202131548.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you are a Junior High teen and want to join us for Kung Foo Panda, come to our Friday the 13th meeting to pick up a permission slip so you can go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The F.O.R.C.E. to KUNG FU PANDA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Friday, 27 June&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Contact Bruno for more information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5317796889065005148-5291614829898326785?l=stl-theforce.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/feeds/5291614829898326785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5317796889065005148&amp;postID=5291614829898326785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/5291614829898326785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/5291614829898326785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/2008/06/force-on-trip-to-see-kung-foo-panda.html' title='The F.O.R.C.E. on a trip to see Kung Fu Panda'/><author><name>Bruno Martinez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13000650375941545966</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_Jy0M6xGrjjE/SEymRF-H3eI/AAAAAAAAAEs/u44poLVqJ70/s72-c/1c96c5e6119566202131548.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317796889065005148.post-4778559078469014878</id><published>2008-06-08T20:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-08T20:37:29.630-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The F.O.R.C.E. meets all summer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;Our next meeting is &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Friday, 13 June 2008&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;7:00 PM in the Teen Center&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are in 7th or 8th grade this fall, come joins us for food, fun and fellowship.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5317796889065005148-4778559078469014878?l=stl-theforce.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/feeds/4778559078469014878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5317796889065005148&amp;postID=4778559078469014878' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/4778559078469014878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/4778559078469014878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/2008/06/force-meets-all-summer.html' title='The F.O.R.C.E. meets all summer'/><author><name>Bruno Martinez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13000650375941545966</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317796889065005148.post-855397249231802821</id><published>2008-03-26T11:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-26T11:30:15.208-07:00</updated><title type='text'>If you are an 8th Grader who wants to go to Tahoe, listen UP!!</title><content type='html'>You have until Sunday, 30 March 2008 to let us know you want to go&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact Bruno Martinez at 408.869.8254 or &lt;a href="mailto:bmartinez@saintlawrence.org"&gt;bmartinez@saintlawrence.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out the video on YouTube like at &lt;a href="http://www.3tolive.blogspot.com/"&gt;www.3tolive.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you can make it....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5317796889065005148-855397249231802821?l=stl-theforce.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/feeds/855397249231802821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5317796889065005148&amp;postID=855397249231802821' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/855397249231802821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/855397249231802821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/2008/03/if-you-are-8th-grader-who-wants-to-go.html' title='If you are an 8th Grader who wants to go to Tahoe, listen UP!!'/><author><name>Bruno Martinez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13000650375941545966</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317796889065005148.post-5476845911956163705</id><published>2008-03-26T11:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-26T11:30:52.232-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The F.O.R.C.E. meets Friday 28 March</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;It's that time again... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The F.O.R.C.E., Junior High Youth Ministry &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Meets this&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday, 28 March at 7:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the Teen Center...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Hope to see you there, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;bring a friend!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5317796889065005148-5476845911956163705?l=stl-theforce.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/feeds/5476845911956163705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5317796889065005148&amp;postID=5476845911956163705' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/5476845911956163705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/5476845911956163705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/2008/03/force-meets-friday-28-march.html' title='The F.O.R.C.E. meets Friday 28 March'/><author><name>Bruno Martinez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13000650375941545966</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317796889065005148.post-5780313064477342653</id><published>2008-02-27T18:47:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-27T18:49:58.363-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The F.O.R.C.E. meets Friday 7 March</title><content type='html'>The F.O.R.C.E., Junior High Youth ministry will meet next on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday, 7 March at 7:00 PM in the Teen Center,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Located in the Middle School Annex classrooms)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All 7th and 8th Grade teens are invited.  If you have a friend, bring them along, they don't have to be Catholic, just have an open mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you then!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5317796889065005148-5780313064477342653?l=stl-theforce.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/feeds/5780313064477342653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5317796889065005148&amp;postID=5780313064477342653' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/5780313064477342653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/5780313064477342653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/2008/02/force-meets-friday-7-march.html' title='The F.O.R.C.E. meets Friday 7 March'/><author><name>Bruno Martinez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13000650375941545966</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317796889065005148.post-5137536873797314442</id><published>2008-02-27T18:39:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-27T18:47:07.303-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Who are Hero's?</title><content type='html'>Who is a hero? What makes a hero?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At our last meeting, we talked about those questions. We throw the word hero around a lot. But who are the real heros in our lives?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is a hero a man or a woman?&lt;br /&gt;Is a hero rich?&lt;br /&gt;Is a hero in sports?&lt;br /&gt;Does a hero have to be on T.V.?&lt;br /&gt;Is a hero fearless or courageous?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How can you be a hero?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take a minute to think about these questions.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5317796889065005148-5137536873797314442?l=stl-theforce.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/feeds/5137536873797314442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5317796889065005148&amp;postID=5137536873797314442' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/5137536873797314442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/5137536873797314442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/2008/02/who-are-heros.html' title='Who are Hero&apos;s?'/><author><name>Bruno Martinez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13000650375941545966</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317796889065005148.post-8141348456701072998</id><published>2008-02-11T12:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-11T12:37:50.508-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to Saint Lawrence the Martyer Junior High Youth Ministry - The F.O.R.C.E.</title><content type='html'>Junior High Youth Ministry (7th &amp;amp; 8th grades) at Saint Lawrence the Martyr, Santa Clara, California&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us for our next meeting, Friday, February 22 at 7:00 PM in the Teen Center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you can, join the parish for Stations of the Cross at 6:00 PM in the Church, followed by Lenten Soup supper.  Proceeds from the Soup Supper support our parish Saint Vincent de Paul Society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have any questions, or just want to talk, please contact the Director of Youth &amp;amp; Young Adult Ministry at 408.869.8254 or &lt;a href="mailto:bmartinez@saintlawrence.org"&gt;bmartinez@saintlawrence.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5317796889065005148-8141348456701072998?l=stl-theforce.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/feeds/8141348456701072998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5317796889065005148&amp;postID=8141348456701072998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/8141348456701072998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5317796889065005148/posts/default/8141348456701072998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stl-theforce.blogspot.com/2008/02/welcome-to-saint-lawrence-martyer.html' title='Welcome to Saint Lawrence the Martyer Junior High Youth Ministry - The F.O.R.C.E.'/><author><name>Bruno Martinez</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13000650375941545966</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
